Sentence examples for economic bent from inspiring English sources

This suggests that the next wave of theorization about neighbourhood dynamics and crime may take an economic bent.

The speaker, Gennadi Seleznyov, a Communist, predicted that he would be confirmed easily, even though the Communists have serious questions about the Kremlin's economic bent.

The indictment comes at a difficult time for the United States government, as the NSA has been called down for interdicting shipments of hardware to foreign customers, not to mention espionage that has a stated economic and political bent (the Department of Commerce is, according to Glenn Greenwald, an NSA "customer").

It's fair to say that vulture funds are the scourge of impoverished countries, seemingly hell-bent on exploiting economic weakness across the globe.

Bent Flyvbjerg, a Danish economic geographer, has found that nine out of ten infrastructure mega-projects worldwide ran over budget and the same number finished behind schedule.

However, this is a production that brings Brecht up to date – as when Colin Stinton's American General pronounces: "This is a war for God" – and exposes the illusion of achieving small economic victories in a world hell-bent on destruction.

In the 1990s, with no help from Russia and the USA hell-bent on Cuba's economic ruin, Cuba entered an era of extreme austerity called the "Special Period".

Americans are "bent on spending the windfall" from economic growth, said Vincent Boberski, senior economist at Dain Rauscher in Minneapolis.

One Republican who found himself regularly up against Mr. Mitchell rated him a "formidable" opponent and said that his measured and reasonable manner masked a strongly partisan and liberal bent that drove his views on economic, environmental and social issues.

President Donald Trump's administration is hell-bent on cutting key health and economic benefits to women, such as defunding Planned Parenthood and limiting access to affordable birth control.

But for those with the time, a conceptual bent, a commitment to social justice and greater economic fairness among nations, then this exhibition has much to offer.